Device for hanging tobacco.



No. 629,267. Patented IuIy I8, |899. -0. C. MUTE. DEVICE F08 HANGING TOBACCU.

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UNITED STATS PATENT OFFICE.

OMAR o. Mors, orwEsTglMiL'froN, o1f11o.

DEVICE FoRHANeINC TOBACCO.

SPECIFICATION forming para of Lettersratent 115,629,267, dated July 18,1899. Application nea re'tfwy 1o, 1599. saisi No. reales'. ou mail) To all whom, it may concern: Beit known that I, OMAR C. MOTE, acitizen I ofthe United States, residing at West Milton,

in the county of Miami and State of Ohio,

have invented certain new and useful luiprovements in Devices for Hanging Tobacco', and I do hereby declare the following to be 'a full, clear, and exact description of the inven` tion, such as will enable others skilled in the' art to which it appertains to make and use the same. This invention relates to a device for hang ing tobacco; and the purpose of the 'sameiis to facilitate placing tobacco in a .shed and avoid the danger of climbing up into the lat is a section on the linefy y, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is' a detail perspective view ofone of the standards and one of the cross-strips.

Referring to the drawings, wherein similar numerals are employed to indicate corre! spending parts in the several views, the nu meral 1 designates opposite side track-rails connected at opposite ends by cross-tie strips 2, and at the corners 'casters are attached for convenience in movingthis base-frame as may be desired and found 'necessary during the operation vfor which the de vi'cezisY de-r signed.- On this base-frame a horizontal sup# port 4 is 'movably mounted and consists ofu top cross-strips 5, spaced'apart'from each other and parallel, andlower similar strips 6, directly under the said first-mentioned strips 5. Between the saidstrips 5 and theilower.

ends of opposite'standards 7 are rigidly located inward from the rails 1, and parallelV with the said rails between the strips 5 and 6 and adjacent the outer sides of standards are blocks 8, one on each side, having in their outer edgeslash or trunk rollers 9, that bear iagainst thel inner edges of the rails. Theunder sportionsof thestrips 5, located over the rails, Aand the similar upper portions of the stripsGhave rollers 9 secured thereto, moving onopposite sides of said rails, and by this rvmeans the support e has a very sensitive antifrictional adjustment on the base-frame. l Thefopposite edges of the lower portionsof thestandards 7 are formed with adjacent mortises 10, 'andthe inner edges Vof the strips 5 :and 6 are likewise provided with mortises 11 Qnear opposite ends, and the mortises in the said vparts-are Vbrought together and a sub- ;stantialjointure thereby attained. The said :standards are connected above the support 4 by tie-bolts 12 at different elevations therein, and held firmly in engagement with said standards by saidbolts is a lower laddersection 13, comprising opposite rails 14, united by rounds l5. 'Adj ustably tted in said lower ladder-section lis a second ladder-section 16, of less widthv than the first section and having rails 17 and rounds 18. The rails 17 ,are slidingly attached to the rails 14 by guides .19, and in like manner a third ladder-section 2O is applied to the section 16. The said third sectionghas rails 21,movably.held in .engage ment with theA rails 171by guides 22'and provided with rounds 23. These ladderfsections in part are Controlled as to their adjustment by a rope 2li, which is rst passed through a pulley 25 on the Vcentral :part'of the uppermost round of the'iirst section, then down and through a pulley-.26011 the lowerniost round of the second section', then up through a pulley 27 on thenppermost round of said second section, and downfto the lowermost round of the third section',' where it is attached by a hook 28 on the upper termination thereof. `Byfpulling this ropethe second and third secltions will be projected upwardly in successionA and'heldqextended .by making the said rope fastto Vone-of the'tie rods or bolts 1.2 below.

`By loosening and slacking saidropezthe lad Y i der-sections will-slide downwardly by gravitation. 'y

On the topmost round 23 of the third ladder-section 20 an elevating-'frame 28L is con- IOO , ends.

ynectedfand comprises t'wo strips 29, supported by said round and located Vjust inside andy against the rails 2l of said section. Theouter portions of said strips 29 are connected by a round 30, and secured to the under edges'of the inner parts of the strips are brace-stops f 3l, which bear against the adjacent edges of the said rails 2l', and thereby sustain ytheele-r vating-frame in a horizontal position relaing secured atone end to a central eye 3S of f acommon form of to'baccodioisting bail ory hook 39 and having hooks 40 at its ends, t0

, which are attached the two other ropes 35 and 37. These latter ropes 35 and 37 are ycrossed and passed through the eye 38, and the obf ject of this is to raise either end of the stick being elevated higher than the othcnand, further, a sidewise movement to the stick can also be imparted, said movements being regu-y latedby the tension exerted on the said ropes hooks 40, to overcome any tendency toward slipping. A supplemental hanger attachment is also adapted to be held on the upper or third ladder-section, as shown by Fig. Land purposely left off, Fig. 2, to avoid confusion, and which will be used at various times, and to provide means for mounting this device the two uppermost rounds of said ladder-section are projected laterally on one side, as at 42 and 43. To the projected portion 42 the lower end of a vertical member 44 of said attachment is pivotally mounted and from the outer portion thereof has a horizontal member 45 extending transversely therefrom. To the .projecting portion 43 a pulley 4G is secured, through which a rope 47 is passed and attached to the horizontal member 45 by a hook 47, both ends of said rope dropping equally to a point near the ground for providing means to move the supplemental hanger attachment backward and forward.

The member 44 has a series of openings 48 for the purpose of adjusting the entire supplemental hanger attachmentnjas may be desired. This attachment is intended to carry f tobacco away fromV theuppermostladder-section and when the entire device cannot be pushed back any fartheigias in rfinishing a raihand a stick is immediately under.V In

this event the ladder-sections will be lowered temporarily and afterward raised. This attachment need not be used except in iinishing a rail Aand is generally folded up against theladder-sectionsupportingit.y Itis worked or operated by the rope 47 and when the last stick hung interferes with further operation of hanging said attachment is moved to rbear against the said last stick` to push its leaves out of ythe way and assist in positioning a stick above the place where the device has been standing. t

' To operate the machine, ordinarily the rails are spaced and each tier'hung beginning at the top. The base-frame is positioned under Y the rail desired to be hung and beginning,

for example, at one end of the shed.-V A stick' is then placed in the bail andfrun up above the rail and at the same time shoving the sup- The stick is then lowered in place, and simultaneously saidfsupport is shifted' forwardly sufficiently to'position the next stick and without touching the one just hung. Thesupport 4 is movedrii yftheY foot ofthe operator, thereby leaving the hands free to manipulate the ropes connected to the various'parts. This operation Vcontinues throughout the length of a rail and the end'iinished'up by the supplemental hanger attachment. The base-frame can then be moved easily and quickly under another rail for a similar operation.

The parts of the device when not in use can be quickly reduced into comparatively compact form for storage or other purposes, and changes in the proportions or dimensions can be made to suit different sheds or for other purposes. The device has many advantages and will save labor, time, and expense in hanging tobacco and avoid the danger ineident to climbing up into the shed.

Having thus described the invention,wl1at is claimed as lnew isl. In a tobacco-hanging device, the combination of aseries of adjustable ladder-sections, an elevating-frame adjustably carried by one of said sections, a tobacco-elevating bail, and means-for operating said parts.

2. In a tobacco-hanging device, the combination of aseries of adjustable ladder-sections,

an elevating-bail, a freely-movab1e support.

for said sections, a base-frame on which said support moves, and means for operating said parts.

4. In a tobacco-hanging device, the combi Vport 4 as near the end of shed asy possible. f

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I 629,267 v si nation of a. series of extensible sections, a tostrips and intermediate blocks all supplied with rollers bearing on the] said rails, extensible sections held on saidsupport, a bail, and

means for raising and lowering said bail on the sections. n.

7'. In a tobacco-hanging device, the combination of a base-frame, a support movable thereon comprising opposite pairs of strips with mortses in the inner edges, standards having mortises in the outer edges tov fit the mortises of the strips, ladder-sections adjustably held by said standards, and means for raising and placing tobacco-sticks held by the said sections. i

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OMAR o. MoTE. [n 5.]

11ivitnesses:

J. E. HARTJ D. E. GHUN'r. 

